Charles GINGRAS

(b. 28 March 1723 , Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France d. 11 March 1787 , Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Charles GINGRAS was born 28 March 1723 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France

Charles GINGRAS was the child of Pierre-Jacques GINGRAS and Anne-Angélique HAMEL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles GINGRAS and Françoise AMYOT (AMIOT) (maternal) Charles HAMEL and Angélique LEVASSEUR

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Charles married Thérèse LOIGNON 20 July 1750 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Thérèse LOIGNON was born 29 December 1732 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada . Thérèse died 18 October 1818 in Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir). Thérèse was the child of Pierre LOIGNON and Madeleine GUYON.

Charles GINGRAS died 11 March 1787 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Charles GINGRAS married

Thérèse LOIGNON-- Date: 20 July 1750 Place: Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France
Thérèse LOIGNON was the child of Pierre LOIGNON and Madeleine GUYON

Children of Charles GINGRAS and Thérèse LOIGNON:

François GINGRAS (b.8 April 1762, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada d. 9 December 1825, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada )
m. Marguerite GABORIAULT dite LAPALME 7 January 1788 in Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

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1723 Birth
28 March 1723
Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France

1750 Marriage / Partner
Charles GINGRAS and Thérèse LOIGNON 20 July 1750, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

He was 27 years old.

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1762 Birth of Child
François GINGRAS was born 8 April 1762, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

Charles was 39 years old.

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.